State Report: South Carolina

Eight of the state's top nine prospects are four-year college products. With six of those players in the Top 200, it's a great year for the state. The lure of the state's college programs remains very strong, and with good reason. Five South Carolina colleges earned regional bids in 2010, with Coastal Carolina and South Carolina serving as hosts. Clemson and South Carolina boast some of the nation's best college baseball ballparks, and the profile of college baseball in the state is so high that it's hard to lure players away to pro ball out of high school.

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